(12 Nov 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon - 12 November 2023
1. Wide of briefing by Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Lebanon:
“We see that the summit’s decision to break the blockage on the Gaza Strip, and impose the immediate entry of aid, relief and medical materials, and fuel, is a step in the right direction. We anticipate the urgent implementation of this decision, by opening the Rafah crossing and humanitarian corridors, to let this relief enter permanently and continuously.”
3. Video cameras in briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Lebanon:
“We expected our Arab and Muslim brothers to activate their political and economic leverage to pressure Washington to stop the aggression against civilians and children immediately. Every day that passes, about 400 martyrs rise, and about 1,000 innocent civilians, children and women, are injured.”
5. Wide of briefing
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Lebanon:
“We tell the American administration and the leaders of the occupation: Gaza will only be governed by its people, and there will be no political or security authority except for the Palestinians there. We are a free people who do not accept guardianship from anyone, and our blood and our lives will be the price for our freedom and for the dignity of our patient and determined people, whose greatness and power cannot be described in words. So, save yourselves the trouble of overthinking, and think about how the enemy gets down from the tree before it gets burned. Only agents and traitors will ride your tanks to Gaza, and you will not find anyone who dares to do so.”
7. Hamas and Palestinian flags
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama Hamdan, Hamas representative in Lebanon:
“It is clear that we have a three-headed government: Netanyahu, Gallant, and Gantz. I will not talk about the backgrounds of each of these, his personal defense of himself, and his personal ambition, in which he uses the blood of our people, women and children, and also uses his army’s personnel and soldiers in a holocaust from which this occupation will emerge defeated. But frankly, whoever monitors the performance and the discourse reveals the depth of the dilemma that this government feels. This impasse arose as a result of the steadfastness of our people, their steadfastness in their land, their patience, and their endurance of all sacrifices.”
9. Wide of briefing
STORYLINE:
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said at a news conference in Beirut on Sunday that the summit in Saudi Arabia that brought together and Arab and Islamic governments on Saturday was a “step in the right direction” after they called for Israel to break its blockade on Gaza and for aid to enter safely and in large numbers.
However, the Hamas official said they had hoped they would use their “political and economic leverage” to pile diplomatic pressure on Washington.
In his news conference, Hamdan addressed the American administration and the leaders of Israel saying that “Gaza will only be governed by its people, and there will be no political or security authority except for the Palestinians there.”
“We are a free people who do not accept guardianship from anyone, and our blood and our lives will be the price for our freedom and for the dignity of our patient and determined people,“ Hamdan added.
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